Quotes About Ethics

Stand up for what you know is right.

I try not to cancel people. But at some point, we got to stand up and say, hey, right is right, wrong is wrong.

How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.

I will stand up for judges who faithfully follow the law as it is written.

You must still stand up and say no when society is facing a backslide or a moment of danger.

If you can't be president - if you cannot stand up and represent Americans, you should not be president.

There are things you stand up for because it's right.

That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world. I don't think artists have a greater responsibility than anyone else.

I have huge respect for whistle-blowers, people who stand up against their bosses and losing their careers, just for truth and justice.

And I'm hoping that fair-minded people will stand up and say that what's been done to me is wrong, and that-that people's personal lives have no impact on their ability to be a journalist, you know. Why should my past prevent me from having a future?

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

The time is here for you to stand up for what you know is right. You must judge right from wrong. No longer can you be complacent or go with the flow or wonder what to do. You must decide now which path you will follow and which answer you will give. Decide well in advance, before the pressure is on, what you stand for.

I think people are hungry for someone who will stand up on principle.

In science, if you stand up and say something you know is not correct, that's career-ending. It used to be that way in politics, but not anymore.

You have to be willing to stand up for what you believe in, and the rule of law is one of those things.

What I will stand up for is what I think is right and for the best interests of the citizens of the state of Iowa.

Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a liquor company. Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a bar.

Where I come from, real men stand up and face their opponents with honor and integrity.

Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins.

If I feel like someone is unjustly being attacked, I'll stand up for them. If I feel like someone is lying, then I'm going to call them on it.

I stand up for what I believe in and what I believe is right.

If you don't have anything to stand up for, you fall for everything.

We have to do what we think is right, even though we may have to stand up to some loud voices in our own parties in order to get something done.